The halogen are very HOT. Either switch to Ott lights or get the a/c cranking!

It's so nice to know I have company ... I am, by far, the hottest person in our household. Everyone else is always freezing and I am always roasting. I vote for the air conditioner - I know I would definitely use it - oh wait, I share my sewing room with my husband and his hobby - or is it the other way around? I keep forgetting - lol.

I always tell him he can put on a long-sleeved shirt or a sweatshirt - I am not going to sew naked - that would be such a scary sight - and that would be the next step for me without a window unit.

I have a small oscillating fan in my sewing room! works pretty good. No room for window unit.
I sometimes think the iron being on heats the room up a bunch.

Do it. Makes sense.

You can't do what you enjoy so much when you're terribly uncomfortable. Halogen lights generate heat! The new LED lights are really terrific and the price is horrendous but a lot less than a window a/c unit. My sewing room is on the west side of the house and gets warm at mid day. I do have metal awnings which help a great deal and a ceiling fan (we have central air) for times when the air isn't on. I also have a small 6" personal fan that either clips onto a shelf or sits on a small stand and can be run on low. Whatever works whenever. I would seriously consider getting those halogen bulbs out of there.

Seems like it would be more economical - in the long run - to cool down a small area (and for you to be comfortable) - than to try to cool down the whole house - when you probably don't need or want to.

Go for it all!!! Get a window unit AND a good OTT lite when you can find a sale. THey are worth EVERY penny.... (I have 3...1 for reading in bed, 1 for sewing in LR while DH watches TV and 1 for sewing room)

I think a window unit would help. And maybe checking out some cooler light bulbs. Good luck!

No you are not crazy. Between the lights and fabric, I always get hot. So go for it.

It's not crazy at all...My dh just put some track lighting over my sewing table and it's hot!!! I told him I needed one of those portable ac units..and he reminded me that the kids always said it was to hot upstairs...which gave me a few minutes of guilt then I got over it and told him that they were younger than me and could stand the heat...lol...we go this weekend to check out portable units!!!!